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The Sandy Post
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Postmaster
adjusting to
Sandy office
b> DAN D ILL O N
L ike any em ployee in his firs t week
on a new job. Sandy Postm aster A rnold
Becker is spending this week try in g to
learn the operation at the Sandy poet o f
fice.
“ I t 'll take a w h ile to get fa m ilia r w ith
the o p e ra tio n ," B ecker, 42. said Tues
day as he took a break from studying
schedules
" I ’m big on service We are a service
organization and we re here to serve
the people.” he said " I f anyone has a
problem w ith th e ir service, I hope they
contact me and w e ’ll get it straightened
o u t."
Becker, who started w ork in Sandy
M onday, began his postal se rvice
care er as a m a il c a rrie r in P ortla nd in
1962 He was appointed postm aster at
Cannon Beach in Septem ber 1976, a post
he held u n til m oving to Sandy
D u rin g his stay at Cannon Beach he
had te m p o ra ry assignm ents us in te rim
postm aster at Camas, Wash , and
A storia
The Clackamas County Fair provided thrills for the young and a chance to reminisce as it celebrated its 75th anniversary. For a roundup on local prize winners, see page 1, section II
Deeper pump could ease Rim’s low water problems
by VON HKASf HI.Fit
Arnold Becker
B e c k e r re p la c e s r e t ir e d S an dy
P ostm aster John M etsger who left the
postal service in Ja n u a ry a fte r 26
years Chuck T ropp of the G ladstone
post office had been in te rim postm aster
w h ile the search fo r Becker was con
ducted
He takes the Sandy jo b at a tim e when
the c ity is concerned w ith reloca tion of
the post office E a rlie r this m onth, c ity
o ffic ia ls released a set of guidelines
they are asking the postal service to
consider in reloca ting the Sandy office
Those guidelines a re aim ed at keep
ing the post office in a downtown loca
tion.
" I ’ m re a lly not fa m ilia r w ith where
we are on th a t," B ecker said " I do
know that everyone is concerned "
D u rin g his firs t weeks on the job, the
new postm aster is house hunting in the
Sandy area In the m eantim e, his w ife,
Sandra, and three daughters, lx>asia,
17, H eidi, 15. and K e rri, 12, are stayin g
at the fa m ily ’s Cannon Beach home.
A c o n s u lt in g
e n g in e e r
says
T im b e rlin e K im developm ent near
B rightw ood easily eould escape its
w a te r shortage by lo w ering its w ell
pum p, although several new shallow
w ells m ig h t be a better long te rm solu
tion.
The developm ent’s w a te r com pany
board and board of trustees w ill review
three recom m endations by P ortla nd
consultant Kent M athiot of Geo M att
Inc, Sept 8, w ith decision expected
S ept. 27 at T im b e r lin e 's a n n u a l
m eeting
One observation fro m the engineer's
Aug 14 v is it to T im b e rlin e is that low er
ing the pum p in the system ’s deep w ell
another 60 feet m ig ht allow the pum p
ing ra te to meet consum ption rates for
possibly tw o m ore years
T hat approach re p o rte d ly would cost
only a p p ro x im te ly $900
A nother solution fro m the site study
would be to increase depth of the p re
sent 486 foot w e ll another 100 to loo feet
That solution w o uld n't guarantee addi
tio n a l w ater, but deepening would allow
the w e ll’s pum p to set below the static
w a te r level and allow a d ditiona l bore
hole w a te r re se rv o ir cap acity
That deepening would cost approx
im a te ly $7,000 to $10,000 m ore than
lo w ering the pum p, but less than con
s tru c tio n of several ad d itio n a l sm all
wells.
City hopes revisions aid
plan’s chance with LCDC
The c ity ’s planning departm ent has
com pleted w ork aim ed at b rin g in g San
d y ’s com prehensive plan into co m
pliance w ith the Land Conservation and
Developm ent Com m ission and now the
public w ill have the o p p o rtu n ity to voice
its opinion
A p u b lic h e a rin g on th e p la n
m odifications w ill be held next Wednes
day. Sept 2, a fte r the planning com m is
sion convenes at 7:30 p m
C ity Planner Don W ilson introduced
the revisions last week at a jo in t
workshop session of the com m ission
Tw o m a jo r open spaces are id en tified
in the plan, along T ic k le Creek and
along the N orth B lu ff Hoad area The
developm ent of these areas is severely
constrained by physical features, but
any developm ent would be subject to
review
The c ity w ill conduct public hearings
before both the planning com m ission
and c ity council to consider any ap
p lica tio n w hich affects any histo ric site
The old Pioneer Church on Pioneer
B oulevard and St M ich a e l’s C atholic
Church are the only sites c u rre n tly
designated h isto rica l in the plan
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and c ity council.
The revision became necessary when
LCDC sta ff dra fte d an " I n O rder to
C o m p ly " statem ent fo r the c ity , o u tlin
ing problem areas in the plan Since
tha t tim e W ilson has taken steps to c o r
rect the plan and coinciding ordinances
fo r fin a l review by L C IX ’
The housing questions raised by
LCDC related to in su fficie n t n u m erica l
d e ta il in the co m p re h e n sive p lan
sp e cifica lly related to housing needs.
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The c ity s ta ff addressed transporta
tion d iffic u ltie s fo r in d ivid u a ls and
item ized a lte rn a tiv e modes a va ila ble
in clud in g the Sandy C o m m unity Center
F in a lly , c ity sta ff corre cte d deficien
cies re la tin g to a reconversion p ro
cesse s f o r la n d zon ed K K b u t
designated m ore densely in am ending
the dual interest area agreem ent w ith
Clackam as County
A th ird long range solution favored
by the consultant calls fo r developm ent
of a system of two to fo u r shallow wells
of a p p ro xim a te ly ion f«*et deep
Cost w ould be a p p ro xim a te ly $r OOO to
$7,000 each.
The de velopm e nt’s board of trustees
and w a te r com pany board meet 7 30
p m Sept 8 in the lo ft of the lodge to
consider the consultant's recom m enda
tions
v o lu n ta ry conservation slo w ly has
brought the repair-plagued w ell back to
23 feet, as of Monday.
T h a t's up s u b s ta n tia lly fro m a
c ritic a l 14 loot level in the 30 foot draw
only two weeks ago
Dave E rnst of the developm ent's ad
m in istr: ive s ta ff voiced hop* that the
co m m u n ity's tank would lie lu ll by
Labor Day
He said there had been no m ore
breaks since m id Ju ly when pum p
re p a irs slowed flow to a dangerous
level of only 14 feet. That left only a
109,000 gallon o r two-day reserve fo r the
126 yea r round resident fa m ilie s, 42
sum m e r homes and handful of non
resident w a te r users on the develop
m e n t’s o u ,s k irt
Consum ption ra te now is running
about 1 5 m illio n gallons per m onth w ith
good cooperation from residents asked
io i ui uto vai wasiiing. uisnwasnmg
ya rd w atering.
The developm ent's board has decided
to keep the com m u nity sw im m in g pool
and la un dry open at the no rth side of
Tim berline Kim.
Fool attendant E rn st said the pool
uses less than 1,000 gallons per day.
O v e ra ll consum ption is dow n to
45,000-50,000 g a llo n s p e r d a y, he
reports
Welches hearing draws mixed reaction
by MICHAEL F JONES
Fost Correspondent
"H o w fa r up the m ountain do you go
to get aw ay fro m the go vern m ent?”
C a rl B rig h t asked last Tuesday evening
as he unveiled his plans to the Hoodland
C ham ber of C om m erce fo r the in c o r
poration of Welches into a c ity
" I say you can never go high enough,
so why do n’t we self govern ou rselves,"
he continued
B rig h t, developer of R ipplin g K ive r,
told the m eeting at B ow m an's that the
area could pro vid e 24 hour, seven-day-
a week po lice p ro te ctio n , a street
m aintenance pro gra m , and its own
bu ild in g inspector and planning d e p a rt
m ent, if it governs itse lf
B rig h t told the crow ded m eeting
room that he firs t thought of the idea of
in co rp o ra tio n last year when the 6 p e r
cent C lackam as County m otel-hotel
room tax w ent into effect
C u rre n tly a p p ro xim a te ly 85 percent
of that m oney goes to the Clackam as
County F a ir w h ile the re m a ind er is
d is trib u te d am ong the various cham ber
of com m erce organizations throughout
the county.
"S ix percent rig h t off the top is p re tty
h e fty ," B rig h t said. " I t is not, if it re
m ains in the area ”
He said tha t in four years, when K ip
pling K iv e r is fu lly developed, the tax
" w ill exceed $1 m illio n in this project
alone " If the area was incorporated,
this money would rem ain in the Mt
Hood area and con tribu te to the a re a ’s
economy
The propose«! c ity ’s boundaries ex
tend from H ighw ay 26 on the north (in
clu din g the Mt Hood Lions Club, the
Clackam as County Bank, the Car-
m verous Canteloupe and the Hoodland
Construction C om pany,, A rra h Wanna
Road on the west, the Salmon K iv e r on
the south and the Salmon K iv e r Road on
the east.
The proposed boundaries house an
estim ated population of 1,415 persons
w ith 566 reside ntial units
A ccord in g to a fe a s ib ility study
prepared by B rig h t, the proposed c ity
of W elches " w i l l encom pass the
b e au tifu l n a tu ra l environm ent of the
area, encouraging the thrust of the free
en terprise to provide the recreational
am enities necessary for a resort com
m u n ity, and attem pt to develop a
re cre a tio n a l c ity that w ill be one of
O regon’s proudest a ttra ctio n s "
T h e p ro p o s e d c it y 's e c o n o m ic
fe a s ib ility study says tha t, once in c o r
porated, "th e re would be ce rta in state
revenue funds that would 1 m - a va ila ble
fo r local use "
These revenues include highw ay gas
taxes and liq u o r and gas taxes that
would con trib u te an estim ated $25 09
per capita F o rt land G eneral E le c tric
Co could pay the c ity 3 4 percent of its
gross income, Continental Telephone
and W arner Cable T V, 3 percent each,
based on the c u rre n t c ity of Sandy user
tax fo r producing incom e
B rig h t’s in corp oratio n plans pro je ct
the total revenues of the c ity at $346,551
in 1982. and as high as $1 5 m illio n by
1986
In a d d itio n to reve nu e sh a rin g
money, hints of a c ity pro p e rty tax were
touched on as ad d itio n a l operating
funds but, B rig h t said, such a tax would
have to be voted on a fte r the c ity is
form ed
The estim ated true cash value w ith in
the proposed incorporated area is ap
p ro x im a te ly $54 7 m illio n If the c ity did
levy a p ro pe rty equivalent to Sandy’s,
the estim ated revenue could be a p p ro x
im a te ly $246,000
B rig h t called the c it y ’s po tentia l
revenues "a m u lti-m illio n d o lla r liv a b le
environm ent that w ill im p ro v e the
life style of the area ”
One opponent, Stephanie H a rp e r of
Zigzag, questioned the need fo r an in
corporated c ity and cla im e d tha t the
adverse effects and trade-offs would
undue years of planning e ffo rts on the
m ountain.
"S ix years of planning study is behind
y o u ," she told B rig h t, " f o r you to ju st
come up w ith som ething new ”
B rig h t defended his in co rp o ra tio n
plans "J u s t because we c a ll it a c ity
doesn’t mean we are going to change
an ythin g We are not going to push the
m ountain over w ith a b u lld o z e r," he
said
"W e ’ve studied the m ountain to
d e a th ," B rig h t said " I don’t w ant to
study it any m ore. I w ant to do
som ething "
The next m eeting on the proposed in
corp ora tion of the c ity of Welches w ill
be next F rid a y , Sept 4
Park group fears developer’s motives
by MICHAEL F. JONES
Fost Correspondent
Since spring when an 11-acre va
cant lot near the Hoodland Womens
Club on Salmon K iv e r Road was
eyed as a possible he lip ort site, ef
fo rts have been underw ay by a
group of area residents to preserve
the site as a park fo r the M t. Hood
co m m u n ity.
Fenny W ilb urn, Mabel B row n and
Stephanie H a rpe r have organized
th e ir e ffo rts in to the Friends of
Hoodland P a rk Association <FHPA>
to s o lic it donations and physical
la bo r to create a M ountain Com
m u n ity P a rk
However, a fte r le arn ing the area
is not zoned fo r a park and discover
ing it is w ith in the boundaries of a
proposed c ity of Welches study, the
association has raised questions to
developers about the fate of that
piece of land in Zigzag
At last week's u n veilin g of the in
co rp o ra tio n proposal, m em bers of
(F H P A ) dem anded to know why
county-owned land is included in
both the proposed boundaries and in
the sewer d is tric t The park and its
a d jo ining pro p e rty is c u rre n tly serv
ed by che m ica l toilets
F H P A questioned the m otives
behind the new c ity 's boundaries,
fea ring the land would become city
p ro pe rty and be rezoned possibly
as a c o m m e rcia l site
C arolyn S m ith of Rhododendron
expressed con cern because the
eastern boundary follow s Salmon
R ive r Road u n til it reaches the
11 acre site, when it jogs around the
park to include it in the c ity 's
ju ris d ic tio n
The site c u rre n tly houses the
Hoodland Womens Club, tennis
courts and playground fa c ilitie s .
At the m eeting in tro du cing the in
corporation proposal, she asked, " I f
you do see it as a county pa rk, why
did you include it in your c ity 's boun
danes?"
Carl Bright, who developed the
proposal explained that this is only
a proposal and it doesn't necessarily
mean the site w ill be included in the
c it y ’s boundaries, if the c ity is ap
proved
Not satisfie d, Sm ith argued that
the fe a s ib ility study, a 20 page
b<M>klet, shows the study is not ju st in
planning stages "W hen things are
p rin te d up in booklet fo rm , this fa n
cy, it is fin a l,' she said
H arper, an F H P A org tinizer, told
the audience that m any people in the
area had donated th e ir tim e , c le a r
ing the site and cleaning the area of
litte r But, she said, she hadn't seen
any supporters of the c ity helping
F H P A C o-chairperson W ilb u rn
questioned the possible m otives fo r
in clud in g county land in the c ity
boundaries fu rth e r "D o you have
plans for this pa rk a re a ? " she ask
ed " I s there any reason w hy you
ca n 't exclude this a re a 9 I'd ra th e r
see it as a county pa rk, ra th e r than a
c ity park
" It's the only thing on this side of
Salmon River Road and it gets in
clude into the c ity ," she said " I t ’s a
nice 11 acres Anyone or city would
want such a s ite ."
B rig h t told the group that the c ity
needs park space, but he has not
plans to change the use of the site or
develop it into c ity real estate
B rig h t told F H P A m em bers that
proponents of the new c ity have th e ir
eyes on another site fo r a c ity pa rk
He called the vacant area behind the
Clackam as County Bank at W em m e
"id e a l ”
"B eyond the bank, the land ju st
drops o ff and is not m uch good fo r
a n y th in g ." he said "T h is would
m ake a good kid die land "
T h a t area was re c e n tly in
vestigated by the Clackamas County
Department of Environmental Ser
vices Code C O M P L IA N C E Section
after charges that illegal landfills
were occurring on the site
Investigator W alter Cate said the
fill consisted prim arily of dirt, rock
and concrete and was estimated to
be more than 12,000 yards of fill ex
cavated from local construction
sites
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